Jerry Spinelli Quotes

My heart says one thing. My head says another. Very hard to get your heart and head together in life.

The most enduring battle is between head and heart; what would be efficient and logical is nearly always trumped by what is messy and illogical.

The mind has its arrangement; it proceeds from principles to demonstrations. The heart has a different mode of proceeding.

For there are two distinct sorts of ideas: Those that proceed from the head and those that emanate from the heart.

There are times when things are clear in your head and your heart and everything comes all aligned and it's easy and it just feels good to do something. But most of the time it's not like that. Most of the time there's conflict between your head and your heart.

It's a most distressing affliction to have a sentimental heart and a skeptical mind.

I'm a war of head versus heart, it's always this way. My head is weak, my heart always speaks, before I know what it will say.

I'm afraid if I listen to my heart once, I'll never figure out how to ignore it again.

Our most important thoughts are those that contradict our emotions.

Some people feel with their heads and think with their hearts.

The heart has its reasons; it's the mind that's suspect.

I continue to be fascinated by the fact that feelings are not just the shady side of reason but that they help us to reach decisions as well.

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

If your head tells you one thing, and your heart tells you another, before you do anything, you should first decide whether you have a better head or a better heart.

I'm mad in the front of my mind, but business-minded in the back.

People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will defend it.

I am all for people having their heart in the right place; but the right place for a heart is not inside the head.

I overthink decisions when I should really trust my heart.

Even the things we are certain about are only an illusion. We are born with a female side and a male side, and these two sides are always fighting and challenging each other. This is why anything we want to do, we have the other side of telling us not to do it, to be careful about it.

It's the age-old battle between mind and heart, which seldom want the same thing.

I could almost see common sense and denial fighting away at each other within her. In the end, denial won, as it so often does.

If any part of your uncertainty, is a conflict between your heart and your mind - follow your mind.

A woman's head is always influenced by her heart, but a man's heart is always influenced by his head.

My mind is cautious but my heart is in a hurry.

If your heart tells you something but your mind tells you something else, which do you believe? Both are just as apt to lie. In fact, they play at deceit all the time. Mostly they balance each other, giving us that crucial reality check. But what happens on the rare occasions when they conspire together?